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diff --git a/docs/podman-rm.1.md b/docs/podman-rm.1.md index 88339af16..207d9d61d 100644 --- a/docs/podman-rm.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-rm.1.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ podman\-rm - Remove one or more containers **podman container rm** [*options*] *container* ## DESCRIPTION -**podman rm** will remove one or more containers from the host. The container name or ID can be used. This does not remove images. Running containers will not be removed without the `-f` option +**podman rm** will remove one or more containers from the host. The container name or ID can be used. This does not remove images. +Running or unusable containers will not be removed without the `-f` option. ## OPTIONS @@ -19,9 +20,11 @@ Remove all containers. Can be used in conjunction with -f as well. **--force**, **-f** -Force the removal of running and paused containers. Forcing a containers removal also +Force the removal of running and paused containers. Forcing a container removal also removes containers from container storage even if the container is not known to podman. Containers could have been created by a different container engine. +In addition, forcing can be used to remove unusable containers, e.g. containers +whose OCI runtime has become unavailable. **--latest**, **-l** |